Mailing or stamping machine.



R. D. SIMPSON.

MAILING OR STAMPING MACHINE.

APPLIGATIION FILED 00T. 24, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT D. SIMPSON, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MAIN AUTOMATICMAILING MACHINE COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

MAILING OR STAMPING- MACHINE.

T all whom it may concern.' y

Be it known that I, RQBERT'D. SIMPSON, citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mailing or StampingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a mailing or stamping machine and has for itsobject the provision of a device of this character adapted to securenames from a mailing list, upon newspapers or other articles to bemailed or to stamp letters with postage stamps, as may be desired.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectionofra mailing machine constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig.2 is a front end elevation of said machine, Fig. 3 is a partial sideelevation of said machine, and, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of aafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates a supportingframework which is provided with transverse members 6 and over two ofthese transverse members, the hooked ends 7 of a mucilage or water box8, are adapted to engage. It will be seen that by moving this boxrearwardly, these hooked ends may be disengaged from the members 6 andthe box removed from the machine.

Secured to the side members 5 of the frame by screws 9 are the upwardlyextending ears 10 of a transverse plate 11. This plate carries a stud 12upon' its under surface and a stud 1-3 upon its upper surface. A slottedportion 14 of a guide plate 15 is adapted to engage the stud 13, whilethe slotted portion 16 of this guide plate 15 is adapted to engage thestud 12. It will therefore be seen that the guide plate is removablyheld by these studs upon the transverse plate 11. This guide plate isprovided with turned-over edges 17 and acts to guide a sheet of stampsor a mailing list 18. This sheet of stamps or the mailing list may bewound upon a shaft 19, which in this case has been illustrated as ahollow shaft. This shaft projects through the side walls of the membersguide member herein- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 24, 1907.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 398,918.

:strip 18 passes over this roller and under a second grooved feedingroller 24 which is ymounted upon a shaft 25 and journaled between theside members 5 of the frame. A knife 26 is secured in position at thefront edge of the frame and this knife is adapted to coact with apivoted knife 27. The knife 27 is pivoted at 28 to the frame and isconnected by a link 29 to the outturned end 3() of a bar 31. The innerend of this bar is pivoted at 32 between standards 33 of the frame andthis bar carries a handle 34 and aroller 35. This roller 35 is adaptedto engage a finger 36 which has a cam surface 37 formed thereon. Thisfinger is fast upon a transverse shaft'38 and this shaft 38 is continueddownwardly upon the outside of the frame to form a crank arm 39. Thiscrank arm is connected at its outer end 4() with a pawl 41 and this pawlis adapted to engage teeth 42 of a ratchet wheel 43 and this ratchetwheel 43 is in` turn fast upon the shaft 25. A pin 44 overlies the pawland serves a purpose which will be hereinafter described.

A friction roller 45 which is preferably rubber covered, is carried byarms 46 which are integral with the shaft 47 and this shaft is in turnjournaled at 48 in the side members of the frame. One of the arms 46 hasa forwardly extending portion 49 beneath which a spring 50 bears, thisspring normally tend-` ing to hold the friction roller 45 intoengagement with the strip 18. By pressing uponthe outer end of theextension 49, however, this roller may be pressed away from the strip.

A guide rod 51 extends between transverse members 52 of the frame and aspring 53 surrounds this guide rod and normally tends to elevate the bar31. A knurled stud 54 is carried by the shaft 25 and provides wardly andto hold the finger 36 into engagement with the roller 35. A spring 57encircles the pivot screw 28 (see Fig. 1) and exerts a spring tensionbetween the knife 26 and the knife 27.

The operation of the device is as follows: W hen the handle 34 isgrasped and pressed downwardly the roller 35 is caused to move over thecam surface 37 to throw the finger 36 forwardly. This thrusts the crank39 rearwardly and causes the pawl 41 to engage the teeth of the ratchetwheel to impart a partial rotation to the feed roller 24. This feeds agiven portion of the strip 18 over the edge of the knife 26. The feedingis applied after the roller has traveled over the cam surface 37, butthe handle 34 travels still farther downwardly to cause the swingingknife 27 to move across the edge of the knife 26 to cut the projectingportion of the strip therefrom. The flat portion 58 of the knife pressesthe cutoff portion of the strip into engagement with the article to bestamped. lt will of course be understood that as the strip moved overthe roller 21, it was either moistened or mucilaged according to whethermucilage or water was contained in the box 8. ln the case of postagestamps, water would be placed in this box, but in the case of mailinglists, mucilage would be placed in this box. After the pawl has beenthrown to its rearward limit of movement, the tail 41 thereof is engagedby the pin 44 to prevent the pawl from lifting and accidental movementof the feed roller is thereby prevented.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple andefficient means are herein provided for accomplishing the' objects of.the invention, but while the elements shown and described are welladapted t'o 'serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructionset forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be madewithin the scope of: the appended claims.

What I claim, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination withasupporting frameof a moistening roll and a feeding roll mounted in saidframe, a fixed knife carried by said frame, a movable knife, a pivotedbar, connections between said pivoted bar and said movable knife,l a cammember, a member carried by the pivoted bar and adapted to engage saidcam member, a pawl, a connection between said pawl and said cam member,a ratchet carried by the feed roll and adapted to be engaged by saidpawl, a removable guide, and a spindle adapted to receive a roll ofmaterial, said spindle lying in alinement with said removable guide.

2. ln a device of the character described, the combination with asupporting frame, of a mucilage box removably mounted in said frame amucilage roller j ournaled in the walls of said box, a knife pivoted tothe supporting frame, a pivoted bar, a link connecting the outer end ofsaid bar and said knife, a cam finger, a member carried by the, pivotedbar and adapted to engage said cam finger, a feed roller, a ratchetcarried by the feed roller, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet, aconnection between said pawl and said cam iinger, and a locking pinadapted to engage the upper surface of said pawly when it isat itsrearmost limit of movement.

3. ln a device of the character described, the combination with a frameof afeeding roller mounted therein, a mOistening mechanism mountedtherein, a transverse shaft, a crank carried by said shaft., a pawl andratchet connection between said crank andl the feeding roller, avertically disposed member carried by the shaft andhaving a cam formedthereon, a knife, a longitudinally extending, pivoted barl connected atits rear end to a portion of the frame, means for connecting the freeend of said bar to the knife anda member carried by the bar adapted toengage the cam of. the vertically disposed.

member.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature L. GARL'STOUGHTON., A. L. PHELrs.

